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——— Tydings fo Head Senate Probe (Of State Dept. 4 Others Also Named | To Study'Charges _ Reds Are Employed By Cecil Holland Senator Tydings. Democrat, of aryland today was named chair- an of a Senate Foreign Rela- ons Subcommittee to investigate j@harees | that Communists are em- Iploved tt in the State Department. Other - members ‘of the five-man investigating committee are: Senators McMahon of Connect- jcut and Green of Rhode Istanct, Democrats, a and Hickenlooper of Towa and “Lodge of Massachusetts, Republicans. The appointments were an- hounced by Chairman Connally ‘after the Foreign Relations Com- ittee discussed at an unusual aturday morning session the in- estigation ordered by the Senata \fhis week, Result of McCarthy Charges. made by Senator McCarthy, Re-~ ‘publican, of Wisconsin. Senator Tydings immediately called «a subcommittee meeting for Monday to make plans for the investigation. “We will have a fair and com~ plete investigation,” the Senator said. “It will be neither a witch- hunt on the one hand nor 4 white- wash on the other.” He said the subcommittee will empiov one or more staff experts, probably lawyers, to assist in the gute las The inquiry is a result of charges May Cost Up to $50,000. Senator Connally said the For- olson — fee Clegg. eign Relations Committee adopted Glavin a resolution at the meeting this Nieba morning te authorize him to ap- point the subcommittee. Another Rosen resolution authorized the commit- } d Teeay tee to ask for sufficient funds for Fy \ Ca the expenses of the investigation. Harbo Benator Connally said the cost Mohr may run from $25,000 ta $50,000. Five members instead of threa Tele. Room__ were named to the subcommittee Nense at the insistence of Republican members. The Scnate Republican Gandy Policy Committee earlier in the day took the position that tt y should be a five-man subcommit- tee and not a three-member bod Democratic leaders ha planned. Senator Connally said he start ed out with an idea that threa members could de the work “more efficiently and expeditiously” than a iarger group. But, he added, that he “readily agreed” to the | Republican suggestion for a five- man committee. Secretary of State Acheson told a news conference yesterday that the department will co-operate “an every way” in the investigation yo “Fd of charges made by Senator Mc- rthy. But he reiterated thet there Is no one now employed in the department who has been found disloyal. Page ; a, 4 Times~Herald.__ Jc f-- ; : - . Wash. Post ___ a \en ee a Wash. News ___. 85 APR 271950 Wash. Star _A 1 eet ———— N.Y. Mirror Lees . 2° SA aed.